Job 38:36
Who hath put wisdom in the dark clouds? or who hath given understanding to the bright meteors?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
In Context
35Canst thou send out lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here are we?
37Who ordaineth the skies with wisdom? or who emptieth out the bottles of heaven.
Cross References
Exodus 31:3And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
Job 9:4He is wise of heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and escaped unscathed?
Psalms 51:6(51:8) Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: therefore do thou cause me to know wisdom in the recesses [of the heart].
Ecclesiastes 2:26For to a man who is good in his presence [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth employment, to gather up and to bring together, that he may give it to him that is good before God. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit.
Matthew Henry on Job 38:26-41
God's Sovereign Dominion and Goodness. ( b. c. 1520.) 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30 The… Read the whole commentary →